英文笑话：Relative By Marriage 婆家的亲戚
英语课
A husband and wife drove for miles in silence after a terrible argument in which neither would budge 1. The husband pointed 2 to a mule 3 in a pasture. "Relative of yours?" he asked. "Yes," she replied. "By marriage."
一对夫妻开着车出去，走了很长一段时间谁也不吭声。因为在这之前他们曾争吵得很历害，谁也不肯让步。丈夫指着牧场上的一头骡子问道：“是你的亲戚吗？”“是的，”妻子回答， “是婆家的亲戚。”
v.移动一点儿；改变立场
- We tried to lift the rock but it wouldn't budge.我们试图把大石头抬起来，但它连动都没动一下。
- She wouldn't budge on the issue.她在这个问题上不肯让步。
adj.尖的，直截了当的
- He gave me a very sharp pointed pencil.他给我一支削得非常尖的铅笔。
- She wished to show Mrs.John Dashwood by this pointed invitation to her brother.她想通过对达茨伍德夫人提出直截了当的邀请向她的哥哥表示出来。